She took them to New Orleans department store Em’s to treat them to new wardrobes and then hosted a lunch for them at celeb chef Emeril Lagasse’s famous city restaurant, Emeril’s, which opened especially for the pop star and her pals.

Spears says, “It was an honor to be here with all of them. We had so much fun and it was amazing.”

Spears had one last treat for her four new pals — she gave them all fleur-de-lys pins on blue ribbons to represent rebirth.

AP / Tony Dejak R&B star Usher has denied a photographer’s claims he abused her with foul language and rude gestures, after becoming upset by her photographs of him vacationing with his married …

AP / Tony Dejak

R&B star Usher has denied a photographer’s claims he abused her with foul language and rude gestures, after becoming upset by her photographs of him vacationing with his married stylist.

Sandra Rose incurred the hitmaker’s wrath after her pictures of him at an idyllic spot in Caribbean hideaway St. Barts sparked speculation he was conducting an illicit romance with Tameka Foster-Brown.

Rose insists Usher used a recent Atlanta party to publicly display his disapproval.

Rose writes on her site, “Usher pushed my camera away as he walked by. There were no words exchanged between us and I thought that was the end of it. But he took me by surprise when he doubled back and thrust his finger in my face — his long manicured nail lightly grazing the tip of my nose.

“‘Don’t you dare!’ he cried as 20 or so guests looked on in stunned silence. ‘Don’t I dare what?’ I thought, as he glared at me with nostrils flaring.

“I totally ignored him as he proceeded to scream obscenities in my face. It was clear that Ush was attempting to draw me into a confrontation with him.”

Usher’s representative has denied the report, telling the New York Daily News, “This story is exaggerated. Usher simply asked the photographer not to take his photo.

“However, she made several attempts to bypass his security to snap his photo against his will. He never put his fingers in her face and was not in close contact with the photographer.”

Shock jock Howard Stern is facing a possible $500 million lawsuit, for allegedly breaching his contract with broadcasting giant CBS.

CBS/Infinity chairman Les Moonves is determined to sue the radio superstar, insisting Stern’s failure to disclose the details of his new deal with Sirius Satellite Radio, while still working for Infinity, amounts to a substantial breach.

Speaking on his new show Monday Stern said, “I showed them a way to make money, I syndicated the show, I set record high profits for them. I did everything in this world that they never could have accomplished on their own, but me they obsess on. Me they go after.

“So when somebody tells you that it’s not personal, it’s personal. All hell is breaking loose over there.”

A CBS insider tells Page Six, “When you mention the name Howard Stern to Les, his face turns red and his rage becomes uncontrollable.”

Stern and Moonves previously endured a volatile working relationship — Stern once branded the chairman, “A snake in the grass and a guy you can’t trust. You could just see it with the fake capped teeth and the phony hairdo and everything else.”

Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker star as onscreen lovers in the new movie, “Failure to Launch,” but the actor reportedly couldn’t stand Parker off-screen and found her ‘peculiar.’ The pair …

Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker star as onscreen lovers in the new movie, “Failure to Launch,” but the actor reportedly couldn’t stand Parker off-screen and found her ‘peculiar.’

The pair were starring in a breezy romantic comedy, but sources on the set say filming was anything but fun.

One insider tells msnbc.com’s The Scoop, “Matthew gets along with pretty much everyone, but he basically couldn’t bear Sarah.”

The actor recently made an appearance on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show and seemed to struggle when asked about the “Sex and the City” alum.

When asked by Winfrey to sum-up working with Parker, the actor eventually came up with, “Great comedic timing.”

But Electra has never heard of Lugner and believed the invitation to Thursday’s bash to be an indecent proposal. She forced her benefactor to present a statutory declaration that he wasn’t expecting an intimate date and banned him from picking her up at Vienna airport.

Lugner says, “She thought I was looking for a sexual adventure and emphasized that she is a married woman. Every year I go with my wife and my child and pick up my guest at the airport. My wife is always with me. I even told her management that she can bring her husband (rocker Dave Navarro) as well, even if he’s all covered with tattoos and you can only see his fingernails.”

When the pair eventually met, their date was brief — Electra fled the ball at midnight, claiming her tight low-cut dress was too long to waltz in.

Now Lugner has vowed to be more selective with his date choices, insisting no more young beauties: “They are too stressful. Next year, I will choose someone who’s a little bit older.”

But organizers of the event want Lugner to stop bringing superstars to the ball completely. Organizers Countess Christel Schonfeldt says, “Lugner terribly harms the image of the ball with his horrible broads.”

Musician Richie Sambora has moved to replace the judge presiding over his divorce case, because he feels he’s prejudiced against him. The Bon Jovi guitarist filed papers in Los Angeles on Friday – …

Musician Richie Sambora has moved to replace the judge presiding over his divorce case, because he feels he’s prejudiced against him.

The Bon Jovi guitarist filed papers in Los Angeles on Friday — just weeks after Heather Locklear petitioned for divorce — asking the judge assigned to preside over his case be removed.

The papers read: “The judge is prejudiced against the party or the interest of the party so that the affiant (Sambora) cannot or believes that she (Sambora’s attorney) cannot have a fair and impartial trial.”

Hip-hop mogul Master P appeared in court Monday to face charges of carrying unregistered guns — just hours after he appeared in the final of ABC’s hit reality show “Dancing with the Stars.” Master P …

Hip-hop mogul Master P appeared in court Monday to face charges of carrying unregistered guns — just hours after he appeared in the final of ABC’s hit reality show “Dancing with the Stars.”

Master P — real name Percy Miller — was arrested in January alongside his rapper brother Vyshonn during a routine traffic stop.

Los Angeles police found a semi-automatic handgun under the seat of Master P, who was the passenger, and a revolver under the seat of his brother, who was driving.

Monday’s court appearance saw the pair charged with one felony count of carrying an unregistered, loaded firearm. If convicted the rappers could face up to three years behind bars.

Their trial will begin next month.

Master P appeared on the dancing contest with professional Ashly Delgrosso after his rapper son Lil’ Romeo was forced to pull out of the show after suffering a basketball injury. He was kicked out in the fourth round, but returned for a last dance at Sunday’s final.

Supermodel Heidi Klum has been addicted to McDonald’s Big Macs since childhood, when her family would drive for hours to the nearest restaurant in her native Germany. The sexy star enjoyed the burgers …

Supermodel Heidi Klum has been addicted to McDonald’s Big Macs since childhood, when her family would drive for hours to the nearest restaurant in her native Germany.

The sexy star enjoyed the burgers as a special treat during her childhood and is still addicted today.

She says, “McDonald’s is everywhere in the U.S., but not in the town where I’m from in Germany.

“We had to drive to the next city to get it. It was a huge deal to go!”

The svelte supermodel insists she still can’t get enough of the fast food burger and says, “I love that weird sauce with the pickle things in it.”

Troubled British rocker Pete Doherty has been arrested again — on suspicion of stealing a car and possessing class A drugs. The Babyshambles frontman, who earlier this month appeared in court in …

Troubled British rocker Pete Doherty has been arrested again — on suspicion of stealing a car and possessing class A drugs.

The Babyshambles frontman, who earlier this month appeared in court in London for drug-related offenses, is thought to be one of three men held by police in Birmingham, England, for stealing a car in the capital.

Doherty and two teenagers from Scotland were also arrested for allegedly possessing class A drugs.

The singer, who previously romanced supermodel Kate Moss, was slapped with 13 nights in prison in January and ordered to attend a drug rehabilitation program following his February conviction on seven drug counts.

The judge warned he could face further time behind bars should he break his community service order.